Two more vehicles have come to grief on a notorious accident blackspot near Huddersfield.

A silver car and a Ford Transit van ended up in a field in separate incidents in Highgate Lane in Upper Hopton, close to where there has been a series of crashes in recent months.

The car left the road and ended up on the edge of a field on Friday morning. It is not thought anyone was hurt.

The car at Upper Hopton

Then later in the day, about a quarter of a mile away, the van ended up on its side near a sharp bend.

There have been a number of road improvement schemes in the area following a spate of crashes on the B6118 Bellstring Lane/Liley Lane between Kirkheaton and Grange Moor which forced Kirklees Council to act.

‘High friction surfacing’ has been installed on some of the bends along with double white lines and new reflective studs.